Earthworm Records and Habitat Associations in the British Isles
The Earthworm Society of Britain has published their first-ever research paper. Learn more about our 'Earthworm Records and Habitat Associations in the British Isles' journal article.
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Earthworm Society AGM 2023
A summary of the Annual General Meeting of the Earthworm Society of Britain that took place at 19:00 on 22 Nov 2023.
Worm - A new book on earthworms from Dr Kevin Butt
Worm is a new book from the Animal Series (Reaktion Books) by Dr Kevin Butt that provides an insight into the mysterious world of the remarkable, but often underrated worm.
Earthworm Image Recognition Project
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Biological Recording Company have teamed up with the Earthworm Society of Britain on the Earthworm Image Recognition Project to see if image recognition technology can be used to identify earthworms from live photos.
New Field Recording Forms
Keiron has designed two new forms for use in the field to help earthworm recorders when sampling earthworms.
Earthworm Society of Britain AGM 2022
A summary of the Annual General Meeting of the Earthworm Society of Britain that took place at 19:00 on 05 Oct 2022.
Aspects of Earthworm Research - Examples from 35 years of investigation
Join Dr Kevin Butt in our 2021 guest speaker presentation as he delves into his 35 years of research into earthworm biology, ecology and applications.
New Online Earthworm Course
The Earthworm Society of Britain is delighted to announce a new online training course from the Field Studies Council BioLinks project. Discovering Earthworms is aimed at adults and will be delivered as 4 weekly topics starting from 28th April.
More scientific papers use ESB data
We're pleased to report to our recorders that two more scientific papers have been published that have referenced data collated by the Earthworm Society of Britain and published through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Check out this news article to find out more...
Earthworms - Our Underground Allies
Allan Archer set up talk: Wildlife in 2000 to raise awareness about conservation projects that he felt were not as well-known as they should be. Fast forward to 2020, and Allan is releasing regular interviews with biodiversity experts from the UK and beyond. Allan caught up with Keiron Brown (Recording Officer for the Earthworm Society of Britain) and they chatted about many aspects of earthworm biology, ecology and diversity.
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